The German, who starred in his home race at the venue last year, was one of five drivers to break into a 48-second lap time in qualifying, and maintained the edge over his 28 rivals that he demonstrated by topping this morning's practice session.
Mika Maki, recently recovered from a road accident in Finland, put his name in the spotlight for the right reasons by stealing a front row start from Manor's Kodai Tsukakoshi in the dying seconds.
James Jakes did well to recover from a spin caused by his engine cutting out to qualify fourth, just ahead of his rookie team-mate Jules Bianchi.
Jean-Karl Vernay, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Dani Clos, and Jon Lancaster were all covered by just 0.025s from sixth to ninth places, with championship leader Edoardo Mortara the top Volkswagen runner in 10th place.
Christian Vietoris caused a red flag when he crashed on the exit of the S-Kurve and will start from 27th on the grid.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap 1. Nico Hulkenberg Dallara/Mercedes 48.696 2. Mika Maki Dallara/Mercedes 48.737 +0.041 3. Kodai Tsukakoshi Dallara/Mercedes 48.822 +0.126 4. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes 48.946 +0.250 5. Jules Bianchi Dallara/Mercedes 48.978 +0.282 6. Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara/Volkswagen 49.023 +0.327 7. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mercedes 49.040 +0.344 8. Daniel Clos Dallara/Mercedes 49.047 +0.351 9. Jon Lancaster Dallara/Mercedes 49.048 +0.352 10. Edoardo Mortara Dallara/Volkswagen 49.086 +0.390 11. Henkie Waldschmidt Dallara/Mercedes 49.121 +0.425 12. Richard Philippe Dallara/Mercedes 49.177 +0.481 13. Michael Klein Dallara/Mercedes 49.190 +0.494 14. Erik Janis Dallara/Mercedes 49.211 +0.515 15. Robert Wickens Dallara/Volkswagen 49.245 +0.549 16. Franck Mailleux Dallara/Volkswagen 49.251 +0.555 17. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Volkswagen 49.313 +0.617 18. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes 49.314 +0.618 19. Daniel Campos Dallara/Mercedes 49.324 +0.628 20. Martin Plowman Dallara/Volkswagen 49.379 +0.683 21. Jens Klingmann Dallara/Volkswagen 49.409 +0.713 22. Maxi Gotz Dallara/Volkswagen 49.438 +0.742 23. Renger van der Zande Dallara/Mercedes 49.444 +0.748 24. Yann Clairay Dallara/Mercedes 49.449 +0.753 25. Stefano Coletti Dallara/Mercedes 49.451 +0.755 26. Kazuya Oshima Dallara/Mercedes 49.523 +0.827 27. Christian Vietoris Dallara/Mercedes 49.557 +0.861 28. Basil Shaaban Dallara/Mercedes 49.671 +0.975 29. Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes 49.698 +1.002
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